Thursday, April 16, 2009

tristan's first nikes

those of you who perused coraline.com before seeing the movie may have learned about the nike dunk shoe giveaway. in order to enter your name in a sweepstakes for a pair of hand sewn nikes, you had to wait for the code word at the very end of the credits. and so tashi and i did that. the credits were worth sitting through anyway, as there was some really good 3-d action. when i got home i entered the code word and both of our names for a pair of funky shoes. and guess who won a pair? me!

well, so, they arrived today. and guess what. the size 8.5 i received is a men's size 8.5. that would be way too big for me, but certainly not big enough for dan. i wrote to the give away folks, and they pointed me to the rules page which clearly points out the available sizes are men's sizes. i was told, "we are unable to exchange prizes." i even begged a little.

if i'd gone two sizes less, i probably would be taking a walk in my funky new hightops with black coraline buttons at the top of the laces. but noooooo. lesson learned: read the rules!

so i was feeling rather sad about it all and thinking, well, maybe i can sell them someday on ebay for a huge wad of cash. that really wasn't making me feel any better because when a girl wants to wear a pair of new shoes, there's just no getting around it. then i realized, i can save them for tristan. and that made me really happy.

though i probably would still exchange them if they let me. does that make me a totally selfish mom?

4 comments:

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Who knows what the world will be like when Tristan can wear those shoes?! But they are very cool and Nikes aren't likely to go away by then- but then he'll be big enough to know what is cool for himself- and may or may not like them even if his loving Mom saved them just for him...I love the story- you and your good luck:) But I'd say to try to find someone now who'd appreciate them ( I know as many boys as girls who love the nightmare b4 xmas) unless you want to tuck them away- to SeE WhAT HaPPEns.....

I know someone who designs sneakers. He said they go for about $500 on Ebay now. Depending on the box and the edition. He also said that those little things at the top of the laces might be actual pieces that were used in the film. Each one is used for about a fraction of a second to create, an expression or something and they didn't know what to do with the thousands they had so they put them on the shoes! Congratulations!

oh sweet, zoe. he'll love them, one day. i'm so bummed i didn't sit through the credits! (chris and i went to see that, marley hasn't seen it yet, cause i'm thinking she's a bit too young - 2nd grade - she wants to see it though). i'm saving some of chris's old stage clothes and shoes for griffin. they take up a lot of room, but i'm hoping one day he'll appreciate it. take care...